Conditions:Change Creek-20260205050116

Latest:	9 Nov 2025 (3 mos ago)

Reported by:	Hendbc (11 reports)
Quality:	Great
Waterflow:	High
Wetsuit:	Drysuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Special challenges
Time:	4 hours

Team: 2 people with experience level Beginner to Intermediate

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Comments: Couldn’t find a flagged trail at all. The landscape forced us down into the creek at the bottom of the big drop. Bit of a bummer because it was RIPPING! R6 was a blast. At this flow definitely stay on rappel between R7 and R8. Definitely need to return with someone who knows the approach trail as the lines on CalTopo weren’t helpful after leaving the Mt Washington climbers trail.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
9 Nov 2025	Great	High	Drysuit	Special challenges	4 hours	2 people Beginner to Intermediate	Hendbc (11 reports)
Comment: Couldn’t find a flagged trail at all. The landscape forced us down into the creek at the bottom of the big drop. Bit of a bummer because it was RIPPING! R6 was a blast. At this flow definitely stay on rappel between R7 and R8. Definitely need to return with someone who knows the approach trail as the lines on CalTopo weren’t helpful after leaving the Mt Washington climbers trail.
22 Jun 2025	Great	Very Low	Full wetsuit	Easy	7 hours	6 people Brand new to Advanced	Shyamv (10 reports)
Comment: Practice rigging day for a very inexperienced group trying to shake off some rust after an off-season. All anchors in great shape except: R1 webbing in good shape, quicklink may need replacement soon (surface rust with some small pit Several bolted anchors could use a little TLC with hammer/wrenching (a handfull of spinners on a single bolt of a pair. no obvious rust or concerns.)
25 May 2025	Good	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	4 people Brand new to Advanced	Hangtime (36 reports)
Comment: Fun day with descent flow in nice weather. First time in this canyon, anchors in good shape but seems some are missing, maybe a local can update beta. Quite slippery but sounds like that's normal for this canyon. We used this as a training op for newer folks. R1: did not see boulder webbing, used the traverse line bolts and the deviation. R3: did not see Option 2 webbing, rigged a dry line off a tree DCL for one person but removed it after. R5: both anchors in good shape, pushed a log off that was in the rap line for the first 15 ft. R6: has really sharp rock on both anchors. If using DCR anchor recommend going off the rock ledge further DCR. Might be nice to find a better anchor location.
9 Mar 2025	Good	Moderate High	Full wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	4 people Brand new to Advanced	Korey (86 reports)
Comment: Flow was fun, things were slightly less slippery than usual. Anchors were in good/useable condition although the webbing for R1 should be replaced soon.
20 Jul 2024	Good	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	3 people Beginner to Intermediate	SidViscous (1 reports)
Comment: Nice place on a hot day. All anchors seemed to be in good condition. Flow was low but still fun. Attempted to tighten the spinner on the last rappel to no avail.
27 May 2024	Great	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Easy	6 hours	2 people	Jkthompson760 (4 reports)
Comment: More water than we thought there would be. Had to bypass one rappel that woulda been dangerous due to flow levels. Great conditions to play in the water.
8 May 2024	Great	Moderate High	Full wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	4 people Beginner to Advanced	Reiternick (44 reports)
Comment: Rap 1 rappeller’s left bolt spins a little. Placed webbing DCR prior to rap 3 bolts, otherwise all anchors in good shape.
8 May 2024	Good	Moderate High	Thin wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	4 people Beginner to Advanced	Adammai (5 reports)
Comment: Fun day with mostly clear skies and good flow. Hiked directly up canyon right (UCR). Avoided water on R5. Fun with the water flowing.
8 Oct 2023	Good	Moderate Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	3 people Intermediate to Brand new	Korey (86 reports)
Comment: Fun day in low flow conditions introducing some new people to the sport! As other reports mention, there are a lot of downed trees on both the hike in and the creek walk out.
5 Aug 2023	Ok	Low	Thin wetsuit	Easy	3 hours	1 people Advanced	Canyon Hopper (8 reports)
Comment: Figured I’d check out flow on a rainy day. Was still low, but not very low as it would’ve been otherwise. Probably not worth doing aside from beginner trips until it rains more. Quick afternoon trip, all anchors in good condition. Very slippery
14 May 2023	Great	High	Full wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	2 people Advanced	Coops (141 reports),AdamOtter (79 reports)
Comment: Great day in the canyon. High flow was very fun.
8 Aug 2022	Great	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	3 people Brand new to Intermediate	Mfeingol (52 reports)
Comment: Water levels were on the low side, but we had a great time taking someone very new to canyoning through the creek. Anchors were in great condition (thanks, Becca). Compared to last year, there's been some upheaval with tree and rock falls in the lower part of the canyon. The approach is also a bit more of a slog than it was in the past, thanks to giant fallen trees. We were grateful for the flagging a couple of times where the trail was hard to spot. At R8 the bolt station is very exposed. We opted to rig a traverse line from a log instead of multi-staging from the R7 anchors.
24 Jun 2022	Good	Moderate	Thick wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	4 people Advanced	Mads (61 reports)
Comment: Fun flow right now! There were huge floods in Change Creek this winter/spring and a lot of new logs and debris in the canyon. We spent time cleaning up and sawing away the most annoying stuff. R1 anchor was buried under 4” of gravel. R3 flow has been completely diverted to DCL with no flow at the rootball anchor, due to new tree fall that caused gravel to build up DCR. R7 bolts were buried by a landslide and fallen trees. We excavated them but we do NOT recommend using them as after we moved on we saw rockfall coming down right where the bolts were — use the DCR tree instead and link R7 and R8. We cleared the approach trail of overgrowth, checked and fixed up all of the anchors, and the canyon’s good to go.
15 Aug 2021	Good	Very Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	5 people Beginner to Intermediate	Ecakiryan (12 reports)
Comment: Good conditions. Even though water is low, it still made a fun outing. 3 of us had 3mm wetsuits on, while 2 people did not wear a wetsuit.
18 Jul 2021	Good	Low	Full wetsuit	Easy	8 hours	8 people Brand new to Advanced	Mads (61 reports)

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